Rodrigo
is an artist, designer and professor, working in the intermedia
arts realm: print, poetry, installation, interactive, painting,
music, and animation. Born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), he started
his career in 1987. His work received awards and grants, and was
published, screened and exhibited around globe and online. As
a designer, he worked with a variety clients, creating TV commercials,
printed publications, web sites and CD-ROMs. Rodrigo currently
teaches visual communication at Northern Arizona University (USA).
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Artist's
Statement

Lately
I like to think that my main artistic pursuit could be defined
by the idea of Designed Universes. Some of my recent pieces are
result of a visual research project called Natura Synthetica –
Syncretism in Visual Language, which is a deconstruction and reconstruction
of natural and synthetic forms, and the structural description
of a hybrid set of forms. I explored the concepts of generative
grammar and imagination syntax in my visual language and used
a mix of gouache, painting and digital techniques in this work.

The
connection between biology, technology and consumerism are also
common themes in my media works, such as in Nanodramas – Identity
Pills, Designed Memories (2003), and Uneaten Future – Sacred Bytes
(1995), and in the series of digital paintings called Anatomia
Virtual (1992).

Since
2003 I have been creating objects which combine packaging and
cheap plastic toys. The resulting mini installation scenes and
modular packaging explore the plasticity and semiotics of product,
waste, and childhood. My pop objects live in the fantasy world
of consumer culture and advertising.